Word: formals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week Bevin's ideal will be partially fulfilled. An agreement will be signed in London abolishing visa requirements for French and British citizens who cross the English Channel for short visits in France or Britain. Formal negotiations with The Netherlands and Belgium will probably come next...
...Duke & Duchess of Windsor & their clothes went dancing in the ballroom of Manhattan's Hotel Plaza, achieved the classiest photograph of their visit so far-he in white tie & tails and a boyish grin, she in a rustly formal with a sort of dorsal...
Every country's formal constitution differs from the way the government really works. Russia has the greatest gap of all. Its constitution promises "freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly"-and ignores all three except for carefully selected "Soviet selfcriticism" that promotes Party goals. It provides universal suffrage, but voters can merely endorse one hand-picked slate. Soviet citizens are "guaranteed inviolability of the person," though the secret police arrest anyone they please...
...organized group of them among the governing boards of the College. The Board of Overseers, which, along with the Corporation, makes up the dual-directorate of the University, is composed of alumni elected from a slate prepared by a committee of the Alumni Association. This association is the more formal of the alumni organizations, concerning itself with the election of Overseers and alumni officers, as well as with the planning of Commencement and Class Day exercises. Harvard's Commencements are more than merely the awarding of degrees. The ceremony is the gathering of the clan from all parts...
...formal time trial results were prepared for release yesterday, but the coach said his events would be well padded with talent in time for the opener with M.I.T. next Wednesday...